University of Arkansas Top Questions

The learning enviornment is pretty inspiring around here. Most classes the student to teacher ratio is at a really good number. There are only a few big lecture classes. They aren't too bad, but it's harder to ask questions in those classes.

I was surprised when most of my classes never toped 100, I just kind of figured they would be that big because of how big the school is. I'm glad they aren't that big because I'm used to having 20 people at the most.

Some of my classes at Fayetteville have been large lecture classes where the teacher has no idea who I am, but I have also taken honors classes where the teacher always notices when I am not in class. The honors classes are definately my favorite, even though they are considerably harder. I feel as if I make a better connection with the professor, as well as the students in my classes, in a smaller setting. I have to study an extremely large amount compared to a lot of my friends. Because I am taking honors classes, I always have homework. Students are very competitive, especially in the harder majors. Outside of class, there are plenty of opportunities to discuss your ideas and theories about anything you desire.

Maybe it's because I'm still a freshman, but I feel like I've only had a few REAL professors. I've only had one that made a real impact on me so far, Dr. Erickson. I took her Cultural Anthropology class and it definitely made an impression on me. She is amazing!

At the University of Arkansas the professors try to get to know each student and find a way to help them if they have any questions or suggestions for their teaching styles. They are very friendly and try to teach by their syllabus and text books.

Some of my professors know my name, but this semester, they should definitely be doing a better job considering the classes are much smaller since I am a senior and I have been around 4 years now. My least favorite class is Sports Information. Sounds like it should be interesting but it is not at all. I have a terrible teacher who has never taught before and he just stands in front of the class and rants about what he does in his job.

I am a communications major and I feel my classes are moderate and of a good size.

Some of the professors that have large class sizes don't know your name, but that is understandable with the class sizes being so large

Favorite class- Busines Law Least Favorite- Financial Resources

A few of my professors know my name, but I am in a couple of large classes, so I don't expect them to remember me. MY favorite class is Anthropology. Mr. Nolan is an amazing teacher. I feel that he gets the point across to all 300 students every class, which is a hard thing to do.

Most of my professors know my name, and if they don't, graduate assistants do. Many of my classes are less than 30 people, in fact, all except one large lecture class. My favorite class is Creative Writing, as it is a workshop based course where all we do is write. My least favorite class is Spanish Conversation and Composition because it is IMPOSSIBLE! I'm in the Honors college so all I really here are pretty intellectual(nerdy) conversations outside of my classes but it's pretty hard to stay away from sports-related topics as that is an extremely important aspect of the University. My academic requirements are very difficult. My liberal arts degree requires a large amount of classes from a large amount of fields of studies. My education is more geared towards just learning as I'm not really in any skill-based classes, but my roommates education seems job-based as he is in the Business school.

Most professors know my name, but some do not. Those that do usually it is because the class is smaller. The larger ones it is way to hard. My favorite class so far has been Intro. to Education. I have been able to go to other elementary, middle, and high school classrooms to observe the teachers. It has been great to see what i need to do for my future classroom. I live in the honors dorm so student study alot in my dorm facility, but in other dorms students are crazy and tend to slack off. it also does depend on the student themselves though. Student in bigger classes do not normally attend, but those in smaller classes do. Also if the class is hard they attend and those that are easy students do not attend alot. (Only on test days). I never spend time with my professors outside of class, thats just me, other students do. I am currently in the Education Department, majoring in Early Childhood Education. I love kids and plan on teacher for my career! My major requires students to receive a Masters. It is a 5 year programs, which i love, because i probably would not come back to school to get a Masters.

Most professors have made an effort to know students name in my experience. Study time varies from student to student.

My favorite class was my government class. My teacher was so funny and so much fun. She was young and leniant and knew we were all trying our hardest. She didnt know me by name, but i held her in the highest respect.

lecture classes are pretty easy. Smaller classes are good and teachers know me.

some of them do. communications

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Most of my classes are actually pretty small! My Spanish classes have only about 20 people in them!

Professors do tend to know my name. I am in lots of honors classes, and they tend to be smaller, which is nice. That way you can build better relationships with your teachers. One of my favorite classes has been Psychology, because even though it doesn't apply to my major, it's really interesting stuff. My least favorite class was Business Foundations, we had to do a dumb simulation where you forecasted for a company and competed against all the other companies in your class. A lot of people get into big study groups in the business school right before tests, we have an honors study lab for the honors students. In my classes participation is pretty necessary. The only class I have ever skipped is music lecture, just because it is soo easy. I can't make myself sit through the lecture. I don't know if we have intellectual conversations outside of class. I would say we discuss material from our classes, but we probably don't sound too intellectual. The students in my classes are VERY competetive. We all want As in every class. The most unique class I've taken might be Finite Math. It was all modular and everything was done on the computer. I've never had a class like that before. I am a recently declared accounting major, but I wouldn't really know anything about that yet, since I don't start the accounting classes until junior year. I spend a little bit of time outside of class with some of the business professors. I feel like Arkansas has high standards when it comes to academics. I think education is geared toward getting a job.

no research methods in psychology - favorite chemistry - least (too big of classes) study-1 hr a day max in small classes not a lot yes unique - the helping relationship major/department - yes with research lab pointless core curriculum learning